Improved moustache-guard



parte l one,

M. c. HEPTINSTALL, or ENFlELD', NORTH CAROLINA.y

Letters Patent No. 91,936, dated June 29, 1869.

IMPROVED MOUSTACHE-G-UARD.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Ilatent :mii making part of the name. a

To all whom, it may concern: 'f

Be it known that I M. G. HEPTINSTALL, of Enfield, in the county otHalifaX, and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and improved Moustache-Guard;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, which willv enable others skilled in the art to ,make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

-The object of this invention is to provide moustacheguards for drinking-cnps, capable of removal and attachment to any cup within certain ranges as to size, to which the said guards may be adapted. l

Figure l represents a plan View of my improved ard.

Figure 2 represents a plan ot' the bottom.

Figure 3 represents a transverse section, taken on the line x x of iig. 1, and showing the application to a cup. v

Similar letters ofv referenceindicate corresponding parts. Y

I make a guard, A, ot' glass, stone, clay, or any other suitable substance, in the at'and curved form represented in ligs. 1 and 2, having a hollow mouth-piece,

B, projecting from the curved side, the passage thereot' opening into a hollow space in the under side'of the nard.

g Near the edge of the curved side, and in the lower surface, I make a curved groove, O, adapted for the reception ofthe top edges of the cups.

These grooves maybe 1slightly broader than the thick-l ness ofthe shells of the cups, so that one guard may fit cups of various sizes; but for oups varying materialy in size, I propose to make guards and grooves of oorresponding curvature. 4 A

These guards may be readily applied to the cup, and held thereon, while drinking, hy the lingers ofthe hand holding the cup. l

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secnrel'oy Letters Patent, is i A detachable moustache-guard, A, for drinking-cups, provided with a mouth-piece, B, and groove, U, substantially as herein described, for the purpose specified.'v

i M. O. HEPTINSTALL. Witnesses:

J. HUNTER, M. D., J. H. BRANCH, M. D. 

